The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-24


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4 tne public domain is SIN hem IN reserve 70
no exclusion q ssssisrH for TIE esnvenisnoe q
=. ss,ssos row, y ~ sasirri, eer
sain nat much o. this reserved lan1 can never
b honestly claimed ~ ssia eorpsssaon. snen
,o,ss, sors,,us 81 - x = Il = ne result q
executive rules ana methods. these should -
abandoned"
The Secretary now SHOWS tna' iour-
Teen iano grant ralfoaa companies
have made selections IN inc indemnify
belts 70 the fuii extent o. sne'r rights
and that twenty-five have CHOSEN In
those belts al the lana tnat = SUBJECT
% selection. Inc peis nave oeen
closed 70 the settler ior various 'erms'
ranging from two years 20 mirty-sesen
years Under the ruhnss o. inc ue-
partment no settler can acquire any
rights under any OF the general ianu
laws IN any part OF the oeis so long -
they remain Withdrawn ~ 1secu.'ve
order Anere seems says INC go
rotary, TO De no Wand reason why
these orders o. withdrawal snouid NOT PC
revoked lney are 20 oe revoked lot
the Secretary > plans ior restoring the
belts % the puDhc uomaAn nave oeen
approved oy the PRESIDENT
| The action taken BY M. Cleveland
in relation to these lands VIII Dc re-
garaed hereafter Is one OF the greatest
achievements OF ms Administrators
FOR niteen years oroau De''s % PUBIC
land. covering IN inc Aggregate w.
ooo.ooo acres or tract equai IN extent
TO the area Of the Tour Miaoie o'ases
and the SIX New Engiano states. nav :
by orders OF the Interior departments
been closed % settlers 70 serve the con,
venience Of powerful corporations anu
70 enable tnese corporations 70 oPPleSs
those VINO might Try 70 MAKE MONIES
within the ooundaries. lnese inuem.
nifty belts should NOS % eoniounueu
with the grant oets ~ .ne inueIl'-
nity belts tne corporations nave never
had any rights py law except me rsn'
TO select comparatively smaii NUM-
Der o. sections IN tHe grant pei.s' Inc
boundaries OF the inuem MY oc''s were
speclned' nos ia oruer tna' .ne coPo' =
tons might controi .ne iands lnc'uusu
py tnem' Du. Simply % res'i'v' 1ns
area "'Inin wn'cn 'nsy we,e az" g
20 select seetlons ia neu q nose = 'ns
grant De''s "nicn mao oeen ao4a'. g.
~ settlers oeiore sns passage " ''As
granting ac's.
And yet the Interior department.
was for years 50 completely under the
control OF these corporations tna' -
OF these indemnity 0eits-conta'n'ns
perhaps MY sec'ions "nicn INC cor-
porations could never acquire ~ ia~
for every one section wnicn tney coulu
lawfully take 20 make good 'ne'l 'osse.
IN the grant belts were PromP'ly
withdrawn from settlement ~ depart,
ment Officers ana nave renamed closed
until this day. As We nave said' TINS
was not done simply 70 SUIT tne con-
venience and caPrices OF these heavily
subsidized corporations Inc evidence
shows that Il was done for another
purpose 70 wen. settlers couid not g
upon these lands ana OBTAIN title rom
the Governments under the homes.eao
and fre-emPtion laws put tney ana 81
on with the hope Of making reasonable
terms with the corporations ior' -
though the corporations knew thai
they could never legally Obtain ute e
more than . small number OF sections
they undertook 70 exercise contro
over the WuOle area xuey u4u ~